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I didnt know that a house in New Orleans was being gifted to Napoleon, can you imagine what it might have been like if he had taken up the offer.
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Nicholas Girod, the fifth mayor of New Orleans, was a Frenchmen and avid supporter of Napoleon. Following the abdication at Waterloo, Girod helped members of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard escape to the New World. But he also had plans for the emperor himself to move to NOLA. In 1821, Girod, who had retired from the mayoral office, began renovating a home on the corner of Chartres and St. Louis Streets, which he claimed would be Napoleon’s residence after an intended escape expedition by Dominique You (also called Dominique Youx). When Napoleon died later that same year, Girod moved his own family into the building, but even today it is still known as Napoleon House.
A few conspiracy theories out there said he did escape St. Helena to New Orleans. One movie I saw years ago presented that scenario. Nonsense of course....
What might have been? England would never had let him survive as a free man (as he didn't survive capture for long).
We need more lists like this. I'm always amazed by the effectiveness of British propaganda during the Napoleonic Wars. It practically dominates the mainstream perception of Napoleon. Thanks to these stubborn myths, it is incredibly difficult to separate the historical Napoleon from the Napoleon of propaganda cartoons.
The finest example is Napoleon's height. No matter how many times academics debunk the myth that Napoleon was short, it will not go away.
We need more lists like this. I'm always amazed by the effectiveness of British propaganda during the Napoleonic Wars. It practically dominates the mainstream perception of Napoleon. Thanks to these stubborn myths, it is incredibly difficult to separate the historical Napoleon from the Napoleon of propaganda cartoons.
The finest example is Napoleon's height. No matter how many times academics debunk the myth that Napoleon was short, it will not go away.
You have to be very careful to read an account of the Napoleonic Wars not written by a Brit, unfortunetly most of it is. I've mentioned it before as the "BSS" trend of British Historians - British Superiority Syndrome - anything written about the world in the 17th to 19th century focuses on the British view and it's all "Hail Brittania! The Empire where the sun never sets! Jolly good! Hip Hip Horah".
I've read much of the Napoleonic War, Chandler's "Campaigns of Napoleon" is probably the best, but he is an Englander as well.
You have to be very careful to read an account of the Napoleonic Wars not written by a Brit, unfortunetly most of it is. I've mentioned it before as the "BSS" trend of British Historians - British Superiority Syndrome - anything written about the world in the 17th to 19th century focuses on the British view and it's all "Hail Brittania! The Empire where the sun never sets! Jolly good! Hip Hip Horah".
I've read much of the Napoleonic War, Chandler's "Campaigns of Napoleon" is probably the best, but he is an Englander as well.
Although equally we must be wary of French accounts. Much of what we know about Napoleon's exploits comes from the man himself.
You have to be very careful to read an account of the Napoleonic Wars not written by a Brit, unfortunetly most of it is. I've mentioned it before as the "BSS" trend of British Historians - British Superiority Syndrome - anything written about the world in the 17th to 19th century focuses on the British view and it's all "Hail Brittania! The Empire where the sun never sets! Jolly good! Hip Hip Horah".
I've read much of the Napoleonic War, Chandler's "Campaigns of Napoleon" is probably the best, but he is an Englander as well.
Are we supposed to take your ridiculous post seriously? I mean seriously? Was the British Empire a myth then?
Are we supposed to take your ridiculous post seriously? I mean seriously? Was the British Empire a myth then?
huh? My post was an opinion on the bias of British Historians commenting on world history between the 17th and 19th centuries. It was an opinion, take it or leave it, agree or disagree. You are a Brit I assume so you disagree. Do so respectfully, we don't tolerate these attitudes in this forum.
But how do you connect that with a conclusion that the British Empire was a myth? I don't follow. Are you confused?
huh? My post was an opinion on the bias of British Historians commenting on world history between the 17th and 19th centuries. It was an opinion, take it or leave it, agree or disagree. You are a Brit I assume so you disagree. Do so respectfully, we don't tolerate these attitudes in this forum.
But how do you connect that with a conclusion that the British Empire was a myth? I don't follow. Are you confused?
What is this 'bias' you talk of exactly?
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